Project Plan

 

Description

 

The output is an integrated project plan, that will be utilized for the duration of the project. There should only be one master plan for each project, though the teams may be responsible for the more detailed task lists within each main deliverable/work package. It should contain the following:

 

·         All deliverables by phase

·         Milestones identified by phase

·         Logical sequencing of deliverables

·         Dependencies of deliverables

·         Types of resource required

·         Estimate of work efforts involved

 

Review this project plan with the project steering committee or company project manager and gain approval. The customer project manager should be actively involved in preparing the plan else they won’t buy-in to it.

 

Process

 

Refer to the References tab below for information on method of output creation

 

Additional Information

 

The initial project plan is defined in this phase, but due to requests to change scope, delays in producing deliverables, it needs to be updated throughout the lifecycle of the project.  When preparing the plan, be specific in defining required skill sets, experience for producing each deliverable, as this will allow to accurately assign one or more deliverables to project team members and minimize any problems that may cause by assigning inaccurate responsibilities.